#44BDB8#44BDB8

#44BDB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.106 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44BDB8
RGB	rgb(68, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -34.20, -7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 34.99, 192.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.104 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.106 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2293, 41.0816, 51.7272)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44BDB8 #BD4449

analogous

#44BD7C #44BDB8 #4485BD

triadic

#44BDB8 #B844BD #BDB844

tetradic

#44BDB8 #7C44BD #BD4449 #85BD44

square

#44BDB8 #7C44BD #BD4449 #85BD44

split-complementary

#44BDB8 #BD4485 #BD7C44

monochromatic

#236361 #33918D #44BDB8 #71CDC9 #9EDDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#44BDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#44BDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #44BDB8

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44BDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##44BDB8	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44bdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.106 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1cd',
    500: '#44bdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44bdb8;
$custom-light: #87d1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44bdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.521,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73067,
    "c": 0.10605,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44BDB8

secondary

#C99396

accent

#5056D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #44BDB8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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